Thursday, February 23, 2006

Happy Youth Vote Month!

Young Voter Strategies, a project of George Washington University, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the voting age being lowered from 21 to 18, in March 2006, by funding several new projects designed to engage young people in the 2006 & 2008 elections. More news soon.

They write:As I'm sure you know, in 2004 young voterturnout jumped 11 percentage points over 2000, nearly three times theincrease among the overall electorate. More than 20 million 18-29 year oldsvoted in 2004-an increase of 4.3 million.